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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting coin. Looks like it might be French. Definitely cheap ($3.) Looks old. Might be a jeton, a coin, or a fake. Either way for $3 I'm not losing any sleep. Metal looks funky, billon perhaps or something that was bronzed. Any thoughts on what we've got here?   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
Spain
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I'm not 100% sure what it is but it sure looks like a cast to me!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
15th or 16th Century French jeton.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I'm sorry, but I just lost it when I read the title of your post! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Looks very much like some medieval jetons from Nuremberg. If you do a Google image search with the terms "rose", "orb", "tressure ", "jeton", you'll see similar.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If this is a late medieval french jeton - which it appears to be - how did you come by it for three bucks? I never find that kind of stuff! Just curious.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm sorry, but I just lost it when I read the title of your post! Yeah, I thought he was talking about an old girlfriend of mine.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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It was a late-night random ebay buy while searching for something totally unrelated. I have no idea what it is, but for $3..why not. Seller is in Canada. I try to keep things interesting and fun  Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
12/10/2015 12:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's quite excellent detective work there, Petrus. The link even has a Mitchener reference number.
This must be one of the earlier examples since it has the random letters for the legend instead of actual words. I would have not thought German, the style is very French, perhaps this is because the Nuremberg makers were copying from French examples of counters.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
United States
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I won a coin from this seller yesterday. I also watch his unknowns. Always something interesting there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I think I may have bought from him previously but I do not recall.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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